Display stand



Jl-me 1930- .1. G. HUYE 1,767,134

DISPLAY STAND Filed Oct. 29, 1928' D Van for Jisqab G. f/u ye, 24W! z 4ATTORNEY- Patented June 24, 1930 UETED STATES I JOSEPH G. HUYE, OF NEWORLEANS, LOUISIANA DISPLAY STAND Application filed October 29, 1928Serial No. 315,811.

This invention relates to collapsible knock-down set-up display standssuch as employed by merchants on their display windows and in theirstores and on the tops of their counters to display their goods and isprimarily intended for the display of millinery, though equallyavailable to advantage to display a great variety of other articles.

is The primary objects of the present invention are, to provide arelatively slender high or tall pasteboard display stand with arelatively large area heavy base to give the stand a very low center ofgravity andcombatits tendency to topple over when goods are beingapplied to its upper end or removed therefrom; to provide a simple,inexpensive and quick positive means for rigidly securing the.pasteboard column to the base; to provide a separate decorative papercover or fabric cover which may bequickly applied to and, removed fromthe column, whereby said decorative covers may be removed, interchangedor replaced at will as frequently as may be desired, avoiding theunsightly appearance of the cracked corners heretofore present when thedecorative paper covering was pasted to the pasteboard prior to thefoldingor bending of the latter in display stands having columns ofangular cross-section; to provide a very firm long slender stand whichmay be shipped flat and quickly assembled, or quickly taken apart andthe column thereof collapsed preparatory to storage for conservation ofstorage space; to provide a very graceful and attractive display standof small shipping weight and bulk and extremely economical tomanufacture, both as to materials and as to manufacturing and assembling.operations; and to improve the detail features of such display stands,all as hereinafter more particularly set forth, described and claimed.In this application I show but several of the preferred embodiments ofmy invention simply to illustrate the practice of my said invention asby law required. However, I

realize that my invention is capable of other;

and different embodiments and that the vari- 5 one details thereof maybe modified in'vari one ways, all Without departing from my saidinvention. Therefore, the drawing and description herein are to beconsidered as merely illustrative and not as exclusive.

Heretofore it has been the practice to make tall display stands of woodor metal in order toobtain the necessary weight and base. However, notinfrequently one of these, unless ithas an extremely wide base, will beupset or topple over during the removal of a hat from it, as the naturalmovement in removing a hat when waiting on a customer is partlyhorizontal as well as vertical, thus shoving the top of the displaystand sidewise so that the wooden column or stem is inclined and theweight of the upper part thereof exerts a leverage on the base under,the influence of gravityf Further such wooden stands must be of a goodgrade of wood with acostly finish and make a rather expensive displayarticle and, because of their tendency to topple over, are frequentlymarred. so that. their upkeep is a decidedly appreciable item tothemerchant who takes a pride in the appearance of his displays. I

Itehas. been usual heretofore to employ pasteboard display stands on topof counters andon stands in display windows, but such pasteboard displaystands are relatively short, usually rest on the rims of the verticaltube, and must have a very wide base to give the necessary supportingbase and are very easily damaged because unbraced and unprotected attheir lower portion.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a device embodying myinvention as employed to display a ladies" hat in a display window I r VFigure 2, a side elevation thereof, with the lower end incentralvertical cross-see tion, the connecting bolt and nut being shownin elevation; I Figure3, a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2 ofthe column or tubular post 1 by itself, looking in the direction of thearrows; I a Figure 4, a view on line of Fig.2, looking in the directionof the arrows;

Figure 5, a sectional View on a line corresponding to line 3-3 of Figure2, of the stand as assembled and erected as illustrated in Figure 2;

Figure 6, a perspective separated view of the parts; and

Figure 7, a fragmentary detail sectional view of a slight modificationwherein the decorative paper covering 6' is not clamped with the endtongues 7 between the wooden blocks 3 and 5. I v p Referring now indetail to the drawing, 1 designates the long slender pasteb'eard tubularcolumn or body of the stand, preferably angular in cross-section, havingtongues 7 preferably integral with its lower end and ea'chfolded in thesame horizontal plane on a straight line and fitting between apreferably relatively thin wooden clamping block 5 fitting in the lowerend of the column 1, and a thicker and much larger base block 3, saidblocks 5 and 3 being drawn and held together against saidinterveningtongues 7 by a slotted head bolt 6 extending through the center of saidblock 5 andthe center of said block 3 and into a recess 4 in the bottomof said block 3 and receiving on its screw-threaded lower end portionprotruding into said recess awing nut 10, said nut serving to draw thescrew or bolt 6 up tight to clamp the parts tightly together to preventany relative endwise or turning movement between them, and to facilitatethe screwing of the nut '10 on the bolt 6 a narrow staple having a barportion not exceeding in cross-section or with the width of the slot inthe head of the bolt 6 is driven into the upper face of the'block 5 insuch location that its bar portion will "lie in said slot of thescrew'6, so holding'the screw or bolt 6 against turning and alsopreventing its endwise displacement with relation to the block 5.Preferably the bolt 6 will "be of the bevel head slotted type and theupper face of the block 5 will be countersunk to receive said head ofthe screw so i that the upper face of said head will lie flush with thetop of the block 5 "as shown. However, this is a decidedly minorfeature, any other suitable type of bolt may be employed, and it is notessential that it shall be slotted or thatthe-staple 8 be employed,

though it is important "that, whatever the shape as the lower end "ofthe column "or body 1 and of such size as to make a nice fit in thelower end thereof, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 4, and the block 3will preferably be of the same shape, but preferably twice thedimensions thereof, or more, to give a wide supporting base to thestand, and the exposed base block 3 may be covered with a decorativecovering paper 0, shown of exaggerated thickness in Figs. 2 and 6. Thedimensions, weight and thickness of the blocks 3 and5 will preferably bedetermined in a general way with relation to the size of the-particulardisplay stand, the said blocks 3 and 5 together with the bolt 6 and nut10 weighing preferably at least twice as much as the column 1 with itstongues 7, so that even though the display stand as a whole be rockedway over much farther-than usual in removing a hat, the rocking contactwith the floor will be along one edge or at one corner and the restofthe block 3 being disposed to one side of said point and exerting itsweight as a lever will forcethe stand to quickly right itself, theleverage exerted by said blocks 3 and 5 and their weight being in excessof the weight plus the leverage of -the stand or column 1.

The recess 4 will of course be of such depth as to entirely'receive thewing nut 10, and the bolt 6will of'course be of less length than thecombined thicknesses of the blocks 3 and 5 and the interposed tongues 7so that it will not extend beyondthe lower face of the'block 3 so thatsaid block will rest perfectly'flat and even on the floor or top of acounter.

In order to provide for frequent change in the finish of the column 1and-to avoid the cracking of the decorative paper covering at thecorners, as occurs when the covering is pasted to the surface'of'anangularbody subj'e'ct'to folding atsaid corners, the column 1 willpreferably be formed of a pastebo'ard body a formed of a single 'piecefor-med into tubular shape andgpasted together or otherwise suitablysecured together in usua'il manner by the usual overlap, as illustratedin Figs. 3 and 5 ,and a decorative'tubular sleeve flexible preferablydecorativepaper covering .7) conforming in shape to the external face ofthe body sand of such sizejas to make a snug glove fit thereon, andwi llhave tongues of the same size as, and conforming in position to, tongues7, so as to fit with the latter between the blocks 3 and 5 and 'beclamped thereby, where'by said blocks;will serve to secure'saiddecorative covering 5 in place.

To assemble, he block '5 will be inserted in the lowerend of'col-umn 1and the tongues 7 'will be folded over against said block 5,

when the block "3 will 'be applied-to the'end of b'olt'6 and'inoved upagainst the tonguesi',-

the nut '10 then beingscrewed "on "the end of bqlt e o P Y I p A In themodificat ien illustrated in Figure 7,

the construction and operation are in all respects the same as abovedescribed, except that the decorative tubular covering 6 does not havethe tongues fitting between the blocks 3 and 5, but instead is held inposition on the column 1 by means of a decorative elastic band 9 fittingaround the extreme lower end portion of said covering 6 and holding itagainst the outer face of the lower end portion of column 1, and in thisform to remove said covering 6 and replace it with a fresh covering 6 itsuflices merely to remove the elastic band 9, remove the decorativecovering 6, replace it by a new decorative covering 6 and then replacethe elastic band 9 in proper position.

While I have shown and described the stand as angular incross-section,it need not be quadrilateral as shown, but may be of any angular orother cross-sectional shape desired, any suitable means, other than thatshown, for drawing and securing the blocks 3 and 5 together may beemployed if preferred, and any suitable materials, other than thosementioned, may be used for the various elements, or any of them ifpreferred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is: V

1. A display stand comprising a light tubular vertical member havingtongues connected to its lower end portion and adapted to be foldedinward, in combination with a small block disposed in the lower portionof said tubular member immediately above said tongues as folded, a flatbottomed block of much larger transverse area than the base of saidtubular member, and means for drawing and holding said blocks towardeach other into clamping engagement with said tongues interposed betweensaid blocks.

2. A display stand comprising a light tubular vertical member havingtongues connected to its lower end portion and adapted i to be foldedinward, in combination with a small block disposed in the lower portionof said tubular member immediately above said tongues as folded, a fiatbottomed block of much larger transverse area than the base of saidtubular member, and means for drawing and holding said blocks towardeach other into clamping engagement with saidtongues interposed betweensaid blocks, the total weight of said blocks and means being 1n excessof the weight of said tubular member.

3. A display stand comprising a light tubular vertical member havingtongues connected to its lower end portion and adapted to be foldedinward, in combination with a small block disposed in the lower portionof said tubular member immediately above said tongues as folded, a fiatbottomed block of much larger transverse area than the base of saidtubular member, and means for drawing and holding said blocks towardeach other into clamping engagement with said tongues interposed betweensaid blocks, the total weight of said blocks and means being at leasttwice the weight of said tubular member.

4. A display stand comprising'a tubular pasteboard vertical memberhaving integral tongues extending from its lower end portion andfoldable on the line of the bottom edge of said member inward into ahorizontal plane, in combination with a small block disposed in thelower portion of said tubular member immediately above said tongues asfolded, a fiat bottomed blockof much larger transverse area than thebase of said tubular member, and means for drawing and holding saidblocks toward each other into clamping engagement with said tonguesinterposed between said blocks.

5. A display stand comprising a light tubular vertical member havingtongues connected to its lower end portion and adapted to be foldedinward, in combination with a small block adapted to be disposed in thelower portion of said tubular member immediately above said tongues asfolded, a fiat bottomed block of much larger transverse area than thebase of said tubular member adapted to be disposed immediately belowsaid tongues as folded, with its center vertically in alignment with thecenter of said small block, a bolt extending vertically through thecenter of said small block, means for holding said bolt against axialand rotary movement relative to said small block, said large block beingcentrally vertically bored to receive said bolt and recessed in itslower face above said bore, and r a nut received in said recess andturning on the lower end portion of said bolt, to draw said blockstogether to clamp on the said tongues interposed between them, said boltbeing of less length than the combined thickness of said blocks and theinterposed tongues, and said recess being of such depths asto completelyreceive said nut. V

6. A display stand comprising a pasteboard tubular member having tonguescon nected with its lower end portion and foldable on the line of thelower edge of said member inward into a horizontal plane, and adecorative flexible tubular covering ofthe same shape as said member andof such size as to make a snug fit thereon, said decorative coveringhaving tongues "extending from its lower end portion and of the samesize, shape and location as said body tongues and respectively lyingagainst the respective bottom faces thereof as folded, in combinationwith a small block adapted to be disposed in the lower portion of saidtubular member immediately above said tongues as folded, a fiat-bottomedblock of much larger area than than the base of said tubular member andadapted to be disposed immediately below said tongues as folded, andmeans for drawing and holding said blocks toward each other to clampbetween them the superposed interposed tongues of said tubular memberand said cover.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification at NewOrleans, Louisiana, this 22 day of October, 1928.

JOSEPH G. HUYE.

